711 Canal St.

Description: Removal of decorative awning at first floor of a Contributing rated, four-story hotel.

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ARC & Staff Recommendations:

07/18/23: The ARC recommended denial of the application. The ARC stated that the removal of the awning in its entirety was a drastic change to the building. Eliminating this public amenity is likely to not solve the issue of people loitering at the storefronts. The ARC recommended seeking other, smaller changes like removing the fabric awning and reworking the recessed entry doors like the approved change at 711 Canal.

While the existing awning is not original to the building, it does provide a public amenity spanning four ground-floor commercial spaces. The building was also originally designed with a decorative awning, per a historic drawing from 1919. Staff recommends that the ARC for denial be upheld and agrees with the ARC recommendation to seek other, smaller changes to mitigate loitering.

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